Search results

Map is loading...

Chester Strunk received only half the Red Cross parcels allocated to the prisoners. The Germans supplemented that food...

Harold Shook flew on the first 50 missions of his squadron [Annotator's Note: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter...

Albion Kenneth Hutcherson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber serving with the...

Ray Garcia's worst experience happened in January 1945 when he could not fly because he had a cold. His best buddy,...

James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot] was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone. He was part of a...

Richard Tangradi remembers when the pilot called him to the front and gave him a cigar during a mission. The wing had a...

Stephen Ananian went to New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He was going to fly overseas on a bomber...

Hewitt Brian Gomez's routine missions were to transport secret agents behind enemy lines to help the resistances in...

First Lieutenant Lloyd Reese flew 11 missions as a bombardier on a B-24 for the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th...

Bernard Smith was fortunate because when he got overseas, the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force] had been...

Herbert Heilbrun did not care which theater he fought in as long as he was a part of the war. He got into training late...

Norman Weber and his cousin heard a different sound to the sirens [Annotator’s Note: air raid sirens sounded near a...

Oral History